Clean-out plug



Patented Feb. 19, 1929.

UNITED l STATES.

PATENT oFFl'cE. f

BUILDER AND PAUL BALZE, OF LEONIA, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOS T I. & B. IANUFACTUBING CO., INC., OF LEONIA, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION' l 01mm.

.Application led lay 18,

lThis invention relates to improvements in clean-out plugs and has particular reference to detachable lugs used in connection with clean-outs on rains.

5 The ordinary clean-out, used in connection with drains, consists of a body in the nature of a hollow cylinder of a suitable size, into one end or side of which is fitted, by a screw thread, a brass lug. yThe body is usually made of iron and) is caulked into the hub of the pi e or tra leaving the brass plug removab e for t e purpose of cleaning the drain or trap. In many cases the brass plug is lost or broken requiring its replacement.

Since the threaded portions of the body and lug vary somewhat as to their diameters rom other bodies and plu s, it becomes very diilicult to obtain the size ofthe new plugthat will properly fit the body. In many cases it becomes necessary to remove the old body from the hub and to replace it with a new body for which the lug is furnished, but this replacement of t e new body and plug involves much labor and expense.

Among the objects therefore of this present improvement is to provide a plug which will fit into clean-out bodies of various diameters and which consequently will eliminate the necessity for replacing lor renewing the l0 body of the clean-out when only a new plug is required. This object is attained by prof" vidin a nevgllplug with an excessive ta er where y it be sure to fitr the threa ed holes of bodies of various diameters and to i6 so form the thread or threaded surface portion of the new plug in a eculiar manner adapting it to mate in a liquid and gas tight manner with the standard thread formed on the body. y

With the y.foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of 46 construction disclosed or suggested herein,

still for the purpose of illustrating a ractical embodiment thereof, reference is ad to the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters designate' the same 50 parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of our improved clean-out plug. v

Fig. 2 is an' enlarged sectional or fragmentary diagram indicating the relation of CLEAN-OUT PLUG.

HEISSUED the hard lmetal 1987. Serial Io. 192,857.

the clean-out plug threads to body structure.

Referring now more specifically `to the drawings, we show at 10 a clean-out plug comprising two main parts,a core 11 of any suitable strong rigid metal such as cast iron and preferably hollow for cheapness and .lightness, and a collar 12 of a softer metal such as lead, a mixture of lead and antimony, or a mixture of lead and tim/the collar being molded or cast upon the riphery of the core 11. The core is preferab y formed with suit-y able cavities 13 of any desired formation or nature into f which the molten softer metal of the collar will enter during the process of 4 formation of the'collar upon the core.

It will be noted that the plug is so formed as to have a greater taper than is usually found in clean-out plugs or the like. Without intending tobe unnecessarily limited to any particular dimensions in this re ard we sug est that the amount of taper s ould be in t e proportion vof about three inches to twelve inches in length of the plu During the formation of the co ar 12, a thread 14 is cast thereon. This thread is of peculiar formation. in that it is of V-sha e generally speaking, sharp on top or on e outside but substantially fiat on the bottom or inside at 15.

16 indicates a fragment of a body with which the plug is adapted to co-operate. These bodies are usually formed with stand ard threads of the same general character as found on the plug, that is to say, of V-shape, but with sharp tops and bottoms. The amount of ta er in the body o enin is materiall less an that of the p ug a scribe and may be zero, and while the threads 17 of the bod are practically uniform or standard, the iameters of the o enings in the bodies are byno means uni orm or standard. It will be seen therefore that our new plug having an excessive taper may readily be driven or turned into the opening of the bod 16 irrespective lof a considerable variation 1n diameter of the .body opening. As shown best in Fig. 2, when the tapered plug is so driven into the body opening, the sharp pointed edges of threads 17 will bite into the flat bottoms 15 of the soft metal of the lug collar for a number of, turns and thereby insure a tight and reliable connection between the plug and the body, and, moreover, makve der ing a connection which is separable from time to time as ma be required for clean-cut purposes and without disturbing the effective replacement capability of the plug.

We claim.:

l. The herein described fitting comprising a threaded member having a uniform taper throughout the length thereof, the thread having a broad root of a different diameter than a thread to en age same, said member having a soft metal ody to permit a new thread to becut into the said root on engaging said member with a hard metal threaded device, the taper of the thread of the soft metal member being greater than that of the other member, the pitch of the angles of the sides of the thread being substantially the same for both members.

2. A closure member of the character set forth, including a core of hard metal, a layer of soft metal cast u on said core, said layer being threaded an having a substantially uniform taper throughout t e length thereof, said thread having a broad root of a different diameter than that of a thread engageable therewith, said broad root permittlng a new thread to be cut into said root on engagement with a hard metal taper-threaded device, the taper of the first mentioned thread being greater than that of the thread of said device, the taper of the first mentioned thread permitting the closure member to be used with hard metal threaded devices of difierent diameters.

In testimony whereof we aix our signatures.

FREDERICK J. MERSFELDER.' PAUL BALZE. 

